New Zealand Acts

RESERVES AND OTHER LANDS DISPOSAL ACT 1964 - SECT 5

5 Validating the taking under the Public Works Act 1928 of certain land in the City of Auckland

Whereas by a declaration dated 17 March 1964, and published in the Gazette of the 19th day of that month, 9 pieces of land in Princes Street, Waterloo Quadrant, and Eden Crescent, in the City of Auckland, containing together an area of 2 acres 1 rood and 23 perches, more or less, were by agreement with the owners taken pursuant to section 32 of the Public Works Act 1928 for purposes of better utilisation: And whereas by a notice issued under the provisions of section 35 of the said Act dated 17 March 1964, and published in the Gazette of the 19th day of that month, the said land was declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948 : And whereas it is proposed to lease the said land under the provisions of the Land Act 1948 as a site for an hotel to be constructed thereon by the lessee: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the power of the Minister of Works to take the said land as aforesaid, and it is desirable that such doubts should be resolved: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The declaration dated 17 March 1964, hereinbefore referred to, is hereby validated, and shall for all purposes and in all respects be deemed to have been lawfully issued.